Someone confirm hawk is a cockerel please

[EvansMeXo]

I can't deny it anymore.. 98% positive hawk my EE/rir mix is in fact a rooster.. 10-11weeks old, has looked like a pullet for so long, then "she" she's some feathers, looks like "shes" growing new ones that a pullet wouldn't have and her pink comb is getting redder by the day

 

[Gray Farms]

The shinny feather are not necessarily an indication of male, females can have them too. Solid birds are harder to sex at a young age, are pea combed birds. Check for pointed or rounded saddle feathers. Pointed = male.

 

[EvansMeXo]

The shinny feather are not necessarily an indication of male, females can have them too. Solid birds are harder to sex at a young age, are pea combed birds. Check for pointed or rounded saddle feathers. Pointed = male.

Really!? So there's still hope?? I thought the shiny feathers meant 100% male

 

[Gray Farms]

Oh no, no, no. Females get them too.

 

[EvansMeXo]

I went out to the coop for new pics (s)he loved letting me take pics of the comb but wouldn't hold still for the saddle feathers.. they look rounded to me but seeing as I'm the farthest thing from an expert I'm not sure.. their kinda swoopy like those ones I see on roosters.. so I'm thinking rooster but maybe she's just masculine

 

[duluthralphie]

I can't tell for sure on your pictures, but I think it is better than 50/50 a girl. The legs look really spindly for a boy at 11 weeks old. I would think a boy would have a decent size wheel base on him now.

 

[Gray Farms]

I'm leaning toward pullet myself. Another couple weeks and you know for sure.

 

[EvansMeXo]

Thank you guys! You've given me new hope for my first chicken ever